Augustus

A Novel

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Williams, John

TaschenbuchPaperback

Verkaufsrang2430inFiction

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After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-09-944508-1

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandPaperback

FormatB-Format Paperback (UK)

VerlagRandom House UKVintage Classics

Erscheinungsdatum06.02.2003

Seiten352 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 129 mm, Höhe 197 mm, Dicke 22 mm

Gewicht248 g

WarengruppeEnglish Books

KategorieFiction

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Williams, John

John Williams was an author, editor and professor. Born in 1922 in Texas, he served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 in China, Burma and India. His first novel, Nothing But the Night, was published in 1948. After receiving his PhD in 1954, Williams returned to the University of Denver where he first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that he wrote the novels Butcher's Crossing (1960) and Stoner (1965). His last novel, Augustus, won the National Book Award in 1973. John Williams died in Arkansas in 1994.